Cooking became a passion of mine, took after my dad I think. I like to try new recipes and most of the time they turn out good and friends approved. Most of the food I make are local hawaiian grindz, but alot with asian fusion too. Gotta love living in da melting pot!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Chicken Stew & Kalua Pork Manapua

CHICKEN VEGGIES STEW

Had a get together yesterday and someone left us with a bunch of celery...EWWW. I hate to waste food but that isn't something my family goes gaga for so I decided to make stew--Chicken stew

1) Filled a medium size pot with half pot of water, turn heat to medium high.2) Add in celery, carrots, onions, let simmer for 20 minutes.3) Add in chicken, red potatoes, and stewed tomatoes and its liquid content4) Add in barly, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper5) Reduce heat to low, let simmer until barly and chicken are cooked through6) Pull chicken out, dice or shred7) Spoon about 2/3 cups of veggies into a food processor and pulse it a few times (this will help thicken the sauce)8) Place chicken and puree veggies back in pot, simmer on low until ready to eat

Of course, if you want your stew to be even thicker, add in about 3 tbs of cornstarch mix with 1/4 cup water, allow the pot to boil, then reduce heat, and wait until sauce thickens.

I was debating whether i should put some chopped sausages in there as well but I decided to keep it simple for now. I still got sticks of celery leftover so i might do another stew again!

KALUA PORK MANAPUA

I've done quite a few manapuas previously, and I have stressed that what you put inside is totally up to you! I have made kalua pork manapua recently. Just wanted to share the same recipe with you as the pizza one, except of course you replace all the pizza stuff with kalua pork!